The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

Yet, there were quite a few of those annoying songs that did reach a wider audience, Six of them are as follows. Peter, Paul & Mary were one of the biggest names within the sixties folk revival ...

As the civil rights movement gained momentum in the 1960s, folk music gave voice to a new generation longing for equality and justice. "We Shall Overcome" is particularly well-known as a civil rights ...

Sophie Straat is reviving a style of music once popular in the working-class bars of Amsterdam to protest an increasingly ...

The anti-folk momvement emrged from the New York City underground during the mid-1980s, and went on to produce iconic figures ...

Looking to learn more about subgenres? Here, you can learn about Freak Folk, the offshoot of Psychedelic Folk.